Briarvs Volibear
Briar vs Volibear is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Briar wins with a 55.9% win rate (+11.9%) over Volibear based on 59 games. Briar holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Briar vs Volibear matchup.
Briar Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Briar performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Briar vs Volibear?
Briar wins 45.6% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 35.0% and 56.5% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.5% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- −3.9 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 79 games Lane: Jungle
- vs patch 26.18
- −11.4 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Top): 10 games, Briar won 40.0%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Volibear, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 45.6% of 79 games (95% range 35.0–56.5%).
- Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 49.5% for Briar; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Briar usually wins the lane: 626 gold ahead of Volibear at 15 minutes on average (79 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Briar players pick Press the Attack much less often against Volibear: 71.2% of their other Jungle games, 59.5% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Briar and Volibear played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Briar's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Briar vs Volibear Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Briar vs Volibear Win Rate by Game Length
Briar's win rate against Volibear by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Briar's results against Volibear in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Briar vs Volibear Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)BriarBriar gold at 15: +626
- First itemEvenBriar: 0.2 min · Volibear: 0.1 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesEvenBriar wins 47.5% of 40 games
What Briar Changes Against Volibear
Choices Briar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.
Press the AttackKeystoneUsually71.2%vs Volibear59.5%−11.7 pts46.8% WR here
TriumphRuneUsually79.3%vs Volibear69.6%−9.7 pts49.1% WR here
Mosstomper Seedling + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsually7.7%vs Volibear13.9%+6.2 pts
Adaptive Force (flex)Stat shardUsually98.3%vs Volibear94.9%−3.4 pts46.7% WR here
Lethal TempoKeystoneUsually1.9%vs Volibear5.1%+3.2 pts
Best Briar Build vs Volibear
Usual Briar build (Jungle)
65.8% win rate · 79 games
Against Volibear
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 5 of 56 Briar games against Volibear carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Briar's standard build instead.
- Briar usually completes Mosstomper Seedling first, at 0.2 min (median of 35 games).
- Volibear usually completes Gustwalker Hatchling first, at 0.1 min (median of 57 games).
- Skill priority: W > Q > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Briar Runes vs Volibear
Usual Briar runes (Jungle)
Press the Attack
64.4% win rate · 59 games
Against Volibear
Press the Attack
40.7% win rate · 27 games
Plan your Briar draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Briar's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Briar Matchups
Hardest for Briar
Easiest for Briar
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Briar vs Volibear FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Briar vs Volibear?
Current data slightly favors Volibear, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 45.6% of 79 games (95% range 35.0–56.5%).
What is Briar's win rate against Volibear?
Briar wins 45.6% of 79 Jungle games against Volibear on patch 26.19 (95% range 35.0–56.5%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 49.5% would be expected.
Does Briar counter Volibear?
Not clearly. Briar wins 45.6% of 79 games against Volibear, and the 95% range (35.0–56.5%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Briar or Volibear?
Briar usually wins the lane: 626 gold ahead of Volibear at 15 minutes on average (79 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Briar outscale Volibear?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Volibear strongest against Briar?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Volibear is ahead of Briar beyond the margin of error.
What should Briar build against Volibear?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Briar's usual Jungle core: The Collector, Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King. The biggest change against Volibear: Mosstomper Seedling + Health Potion + Stealth Ward (7.7% usually, 13.9% here).
What runes should Briar use against Volibear?
Press the Attack with Precision and Domination — 40.7% over 27 games against Volibear. The biggest change against Volibear: Press the Attack (71.2% usually, 59.5% here).